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Max Weber on the ethical irrationality of political leadership
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Gane, Nicholas (1997) Max Weber on the ethical irrationality of political leadership. Sociology - The Journal of the British Sociological Association, Volume 31 (Number 3). pp. 549-564. doi:10.1177/0038038597031003010 ISSN 0038-0385.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038597031003010
Abstract
This paper analyses the ethical basis of Max Weber's theory of political leadership. It (i) expounds the connection between the ethics of conviction and responsibility Weber outlines in Politics as a Vocation and the ideal-types of value and instrumental rationality he defines in Economy and Society, (ii) examines Weber's commitment to a practical reconciliation of these political ethics/action types, (iii) argues that, for Weber, this reconciliation ultimately is to proceed through the subordination of conviction to an ethic of responsibility.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Sociology - The Journal of the British Sociological Association | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0038-0385 | ||||
Official Date: | 1997 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 31 | ||||
Number: | Number 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 549-564 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0038038597031003010 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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